The influence of Facebook towards political participation of student College of Law and Government (2021),Sisaket Rajabhat University

Abstract

          The  objectives of this study were to : 1) study  and analyze the receipt of political information through various channels of Facebook, 2)study participation  in politics through the students Facebook, and 3)study the problem of suggestions on the influence of Facebook on political participation. The samples used in this study were 300 students of College of Law and Governance, Sisaket Rajabhat University. The sample drawn form 3 Department: Public Administration, Jurisprudence, and political science, using stratified random sampling.The instruments used in this research were questionnaires.The statistics used to analyze the data were percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

Research findings were as follows:

          The participants mostly were female (62.7%) with the age of 18 years old (38%) , studying at the first year (54.5%).

Using Facebook  to receive political information of students found that most of them use their own accounts to use Facebook  and have the purpose of activating Facebook for themselves, with the frequency of using Facebook  on a daily basis. Most of them have been following political news through Facebook on a daily basis. Political Contributions via Facebook  every time. Most of them use Facebook for the benefit of presenting personal information.

      Political participation through various of Facebook found that receiving political affecting the political participation of students was at medium level. The mean was 3.27 The standard deviation was 0.76  Political participation that students can be done in 5 steps: 1. Follow up on political news 2. Persuading others to discuss politics 3. The exercise of voting rights in elections 4. Inviting others to exercise their right to vote  5. The side uses different symbols to show support for a party or candidate.

Problems and barriers to the influence of Facebook on the political participation of students of the College of Law and Governance were found that it was difficult to verify the accuracy of information, limited in use by regulations and laws a tool for political attacks The information is distorted and lacks credibility causing divisions in society and inconvenient difficult to use.

            The study's recommendations are :1) encouraging students to express their opinions on politically through  online media with truthful and credible information. Which is useful for the user to refer,2)training students to use  online media in the Facebook as a learning channel,and 3) exchanging  ideas to build a constructive political attitude.